NIS2005 can be/is very problematic to 98/SE machines. I believe that many who
continue to use Symantec, updating each year, never update any system elements
such as their processor, RAM and/or HD size. I currently use NIS2005 in a 98SE
self-built machine, Celeron 500Mhz, 512MB RAM and 2 160GB HD's. At present I
have no problems and never have with that machine and Symantec products,
although now it is used as a secondary machine.

You asked another poster in this thread if there is any significant difference
between NIS03-05 in resources, the short and simple answer is YES. NIS05 has
added 2 new categories I can think of right now, spam control and outbreak
warnings. It's up to you to try it if you wish, but I would suggest at the very
most the Trial version first to see if you have issues. I would also suggest
that you use a registry monitoring program to take a snapshot of before/after
installing NIS05 so you can do a thorough cleanup if warranted. The best
suggestion is to use an imaging application such as Norton Ghost to create an
image before installing, then if all goes haywire you can restore the image to
before the install.

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Brian A. Sesko
MS MVPShell/User
Conflicts start where information lacks.
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"Eugene F." wrote in message
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Gary,

I can honestly suggest that NIS 2005 will be a *worse* problem for
Win9x users than even NIS 2004

Is it a hunch or do you have solid reasons for your suggestion? (I'm
not implying that your hunch isn't good enough.)